Massachusetts Annual Rainfall see below for individual
cities
Massachusetts Annual Rainfall see below for individual
cities
Massachusetts city precipitation totals
| City | Avg Annual Precip |
Avg Snow Annual |
Avg. days of Precip |
Avg # thunderstorm days |
Avg # hail days |
| Blue Hill | 51.22 | 60.8 | 134 | 15 | 0 |
| Boston | 42.53 | 43.2 | 126 | 18 | 1 |
| Worcester | 49.05 | 69.1 | 133 | 23 | 1 |
| State Average - 47.88 inches, 14th wettest in U.S. | |||||
Massachusetts Precipitation Records
- Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Nantucket, southeastern Massachusetts, 37.43"
- Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Chester, southwestern Massachusetts, 61.65"
- Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: West Cunningham, west central Massachusetts, 85.0"
- State precipitation maximum for 24 hours - Westfield, southwestern Massachusetts, 8/18-19/1955, 18.15"
- State precipitation maximum for 1 year - New Salem, central Massachusetts, 1996, 76.49"
- State snow maximum for 24 hours - Worcester, central Massachusetts, 3/31-4/1/1997, 33.0"
- State snow maximum for 1 season - Monroe, northwestern Massachusetts, 1892, 1893, 162.0"
- On 01/22/2005 a major winter snowstorm, nicknamed the "Blizzard of 2005", affected the Northeastern United States. More than one foot of snow covered much of southern New England in the storm's aftermath, with well over two feet in some areas of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts receives about the same amount of rainfall each month and as a result, Massachusetts averages precipitation once every three days
- Each winter, Boston averages 35 days with one inch or more of snow cover on the ground
Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center